A World of Bowls
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There are many websites throughout the world offering advice for bowlers of any standard. Type 'Lawn Bowls Coaching' into your search engine and you will be surprised at the number of hits. Here are a few that have caught my eye with links directly to the sites. | |
| But first and most important the Laws of the Sport of Bowls Crystal Mark Edition, for viewing only:- World Bowls and here:- Bowls New Zealand | |
| Coaching Etiquette Psychology | Rob Judson (Queensland, Australia) - Lawn Bowls Coaching A superb ebook that covers every aspect of the game. Only problem is that Rob's Website is down at the moment. A permitted copy may be downloaded from this brilliant Scottish site:- Vale of Leven. Until I can locate Rob's new website here is the Complete 133 page ebook Downloading the 2.7Mb PDF file launches Acrobat which doesn't indicate its busy. For those with dial up connections it will seem nothing happens for a few minutes so you could download this zip file (1.9Mb) for more indication of progress or download these individual chapters that Rob had made available:- Coaching (25pg), Delivery (8pg), Biomechanics (10pg), Aiming (12pg), Practice (9pg), Accuracy (19pg), Dynamics (11pg), Tactics (11pg), Psychology (22pg) & Fitness (6pg). Bowlers of any standard wishing to improve will benefit from reading his work. Oxnard-Joslyn Lawn Bowls Club's The Game of Lawn Bowling page also has the collection along with these other articles I had been trying to locate:- Professor Brearley's A Mathematician's view of Bowling. Royal Queensland Bowls Association Coaching Manual and Etiquette |
| Lawn Bowls International host a column by:- Lachlan Tighe | |
| Look in Royal New South Wales Bowling Association's
Reference Library for Purposeful Practise Routines and Angles of the Green. | |
| Henselite's
documents on:- Etiquette of Bowls, Etiquette of Marking in Lawn Bowls, Romance of Bowls Manufacture | |
| An introduction, extracts from the book by David Bryant and Tony Allcock Bowl to Win | |
| Macka Jensen runs this site containing many useful articles:- Performance Lawn Bowls | |
| And many more links at this site:- The Virtual Library of Sport | |
| Health & Safety | Monash University produced a pamphlet entitled
Preventing Lawn Bowls Injuries based on the findings of a report called Rolling Injuries out of Lawn Bowls The Better Health Channel have this and lots more in their factsheets A-Z. (Look for Lawn Bowls under L in Factsheets A=Z). |
| Time & Motion | Ever wondered where the time went playing a game of bowls? The Journal of Sports Science and Medicine produced a study entitled:- Resting Toucher - Analysis of Elite Lawn Bowls |
| Bedfordshire Clubs Click here to request contact details of a club:- gensec These Clubs have Websites, click the name to access it. | |
| Ampthill | Brinsmade Road, Ampthill MK45 2PP |
| Ashcroft | Recreational Ground, Aschroft Road, Stopsley, Luton LU2 9AU |
| Barton le Clay | Sharpenhoe Road, Barton-Le-Clay MK45 4SD |
| Bedford | Bedford Park, Park Avenue, Bedford MK40 2NE |
| Bedford Borough | Goldington Road, Bedford MK40 3NF |
| Bedford Priory | Priory Gardens, Greyfriars, Bedford MK40 1JD |
| Bedford Russell Park | Russell Park, Bushmead Avenue, Bedford MK40 3TE |
| Beech Hill | 407 Dunstable Road, Luton LU4 8DA |
| Biggleswade Town | Drove Road, Biggleswade SG18 0HP |
| Bridgman | Eagle Way, Harrold MK43 7EW |
| CO-OP Luton | Stockinstone Road, Luton LU2 7NF |
| Dunstable Town | Hawthorn Close, Bullpond Lane, Dunstable LU6 3BL |
| Fairfield | Old Three Counties Hospital, Stotfold SG15 6RL |
| Flitwick | 4 Kings Road, Flitwick MK45 1ED |
| Great Barford | School Lane, Great Barford MK44 3JN |
| Henlow Park | Recreation Ground, Henlow SG16 6AR |
| Houghton Regis | Moore Crescent, Park Road North, Houghton Regis LU5 5GZ |
| Kempston East | Southfields Road, Kempston MK42 7NR |
| Kempston Hammers | Sports Ground, 134 High Street, Kempston MK42 7BN |
| Kent Athletic | Tenby Drive, Luton LU4 9BN |
| Kingsbury | Kingsbury Avenue , Luton Road, Dunstable LU5 4PU |
| Lancaster Avenue | Pavilion, Playing Fields, Lancaster Avenue, Luton LU2 7AD |
| Langford | Playing Fields, Mill Lane, Langford SG18 9QB |
| Leighton Buzzard | Grovebury Road, Leighton Buzzard LU7 4SW |
| Linslade | The Playing Fields, Mentmore Road, Linslade LU7 2NZ |
| Luton Town | The Green, Bowling Green Lane, Luton LU2 7HR |
| Luton West End | Memorial Park, West Hill Road, Luton LU1 3LY |
| Maulden | Rear 32 Moor Lane, Maulden MK45 2DJ |
| Meltis'96 | Sports Ground, Miller Road, Bedford MK42 9NZ |
| Mowsbury Park | Wentworth Drive, Bedford MK41 8BB |
| Potton | 2 - 12 Sutton Mill Road, Potton, Sandy SG19 2QB |
| Queens Works | Allen Park, Chester Road, Bedford MK40 4HD |
| Sandy Conservative | Sandy & District Conservative Club, 19 Bedford Road, Sandy SG19 1EL |
| Sandy Town | Village Hall, Engayne Avenue, Sandy SG19 1BL |
| Sharnbrook | Playing Fields, Lodge Road, Sharnbrook MK44 1JP |
| Shefford | Hitchin Road, Shefford SG17 5JA |
| St. Andrews | Biggleswade Conservative Club, St. Andrews Street, Biggleswade SG18 8BA |
| Stewartby | Park Crescent, Stewartby MK43 9NB |
| Stotfold | Brook Street, Stotfold SG5 4JT |
| Wardown Park | Old Bedford Road, Luton LU3 1LP |
| Wilstead | Jubilee Playing Field, Bedford Road, Wilstead MK45 3HN |